On Feb. 24 at Chamber Music Pittsburgh, Grammy-nominated vocalist Nicholas Phan and early music ensemble Les Délices weave together Baroque masterpieces with the world premiere of a new work by Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong. The program also includes works by Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Marin Marais, and François Couperin. https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org/lesdelices-nicholasphan/
In its third installment of the Sonic Spectrum series this season, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will present the world premiere of a new work for flute, piano, and percussion by Philadelphia-based composer Elise Arancio. Other composers on the Feb. 27 bill are Liza Lim, Tonia Ko, Elaine Lillios, and more. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/24-25/sonic-spectrum-iii-2425/
Na’Zir McFadden conducts the world premiere of a new work by (and featuring) DSO trumpeter Kris Johnson. The Feb. 28-March 1 program, called Classical Roots, also features two pieces by Jessie Montgomery: Snapshots and Rounds, the latter featuring pianist Awadagin Pratt. https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/24-25-winter/classical-roots
For its spring Carnegie Hall appearance on March 6, the American Composers Orchestra will perform four world premieres under the baton of Tito Muñoz. Clarice Assad will sing and play electronics in her Evolution of AI. As part of the EarShot CoLABoratory initiative, Edmar Castañeda will solo as harpist in his new work. Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s Going […]
Nico Muhly’s new work for violin and orchestra will receive its world premiere on March 6-8 by the New York Philharmonic under Marin Alsop. Renaud Capuçon is the soloist. This inventive concert is bookended by Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, with Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn included as well. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2425/alsop-muhly/
On March 6-9, the Dallas Symphony will give the world premiere of a new work by Sophia Jani as well as the U.S. premiere of Arlene Sierra’s Kiskadee. Nelson Goerner plays Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, and the program ends with Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. Fabio Luisi conducts. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/rachmaninoffs-piano-concerto-no-3/
San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle will present the world premiere of The Pigeon Keeper by David Hanlon and Stephanie Fleischmann. This magical-realism story revolves around a young woman named Orsia, who endeavors to find a new home for a refugee boy. (March 7-9) https://operaparallele.org/24-25/
Stéphane Denève will lead the New World Symphony in the world premiere performance of a new orchestrated version of Davóne Tines’ Recital No. 1 MASS. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances complete the March 8-9 program. https://www.nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2024-2025/deneve-davone-tines-mass/
Pairing The Four Season with other arias and instrumental movements by Vivaldi, a new opera called The Seasons will receive its world premiere at Boston Lyric Opera on March 12-16. The work, co-conceived by librettist Sarah Ruhl and famed countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, will be directed by Zack Winokur. https://blo.org/theseasons/
Two works for double bass and orchestra by Xavier Foley—including a world premiere—will be presented by the New Jersey Symphony on March 13-16, with the composer as soloist. Xian Zhang conducts the program, which opens with Debussy’s Clair de lune and closes with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/rachmaninoff-symphony-no-2
On March 13-15, the Philadelphia Orchestra will play the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Picaflor, inspired by a Peruvian myth about a hummingbird. Marin Alsop will also conduct Randall Goosby in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, and the program ends with Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Haydn. https://www.philorch.org/performances/our-season/events-and-tickets/2024-2025-season/verizon-hall/marin-alsop-leads-brahms-mendelssohn-and-frank/
Inspired by the fantastical inventions of a 12th-century Islamic polymath, K. Al-Zand’s Al-Jazari’s Ingenious Clocks will receive its world premiere by the Houston Symphony on March 14-16. Simone Lamsma will be on hand to play Korngold’s Violin Concerto, and the program concludes with Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suite, with Juraj Valčuha on the podium. https://houstonsymphony.org/tickets/concerts/korngolds-violin-concerto-cinderella/
On March 21-23, Manfred Honeck will conduct the world premiere of his new arrangement of Strauss’ Suite from Arabella with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Also on the program are Nine Shekhar’s Lumina, Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto (featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason), and Strauss’ Don Juan. https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/92959/sheku-kanneh-mason-performs-shostakovich
The Vancouver Symphony, conducted by music director Otto Tausk, will play the world premiere of Marcus Goddard’s Mountain Visions, described as “a celebration of our natural world.” The March 21-23 program also features Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9. https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/dvoraks-new-world-symphony/
The world premiere of new works from the Illinois Philharmonic’s two emerging-composer initiatives will open the March 22 program, under the baton of Stilian Kirov. Principat clarinet Trevor O’Riordan will solo in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, and the evening culminates in Schubert’s Symphony No. 5. https://ipomusic.org/2024-25-season/
On March 22 the Tulsa Symphony presents the world premiere of Arsentiy Kharitanov’s Violin Concerto, Miroirs, with concertmaster Rossitza Goza as soloist. Guest conductor Daniel Hege leads the orchestra in the Prelude to Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, Barber’s Essay No. 1, Op. 12, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. https://www.tulsasymphony.org/calendar/v-elgars-enigma-variations
On March 29 Music@Menlo will present the world premiere of a new piano quartet by Benjamin Scheer, which the festival commissioned. The program, featuring violinist Chad Hoopes and alumni of the Music@Menlo International Program, also includes piano quartets by Mozart and Dvořák. https://musicatmenlo.org/win/?evt=1789
